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Locative - where / Miejscownik - Gdzie?

We use "locative" case in Polish language when we want to express the place where is something or the topic we are talking about.

Here you are some example of locative used to express the place:

- e.g. I am in Poland: jestem w Polsce.

- e.g. I live in Rome: mieszkam w Rzymie.

- e.g. there is a fly in the soup: w zupie jest mucha.

Attention: this complement is static: we use it to express where something is, where somebody stays. We do not use the locative when when something or something goes somewhere, comes from somewhere, passes through somewhere, e.g.:

- e.g. I go to Rome: idę do Rzymu

- e.g. I come from a small town: jestem ze wsi

Those are examples of movements towards somewhere or from somewhere. In those cases we do not use the locative, as we are not talking about static situations.

We use the locatice also when I express the topic of the discussion:

e.g. I speak about the war: mowie o wojnie

e.g. I think of my childhood: myślę o moim dzieciństwie

We use the locative case with the following prepositions:

na (on, over), e.g. There is a dish on the table: na stole jest talerz.

w (in), e.g. It is dark in the cinema: w kinie jest ciemno.

przy (next to), e.g. I stay next to the car: stoję przy samochodzie.

po (after), e.g. After the storm there is the rainbow: po burzy jest tęcza.

The locative case is maybe the most difficult case.

For this reason, keep calm and carry on when you see those tables: we will comment them together and try to make a resume just like we have always done so far.

Locative Singular Adjectives

GENDER

NOUN

Masuline and Neutral

- ym

- im (if the name ends with -k or -g)

Feminine

- ej

-iej (if the name ends with -k or -g)

There are no problems with the adjective: there is no distinction between animated masculine and non animated masculine; furthermore, masculine and neutral adjectives are declined in the same way.

The locative declension of the nouns depends on how the base ends.

When we speak about the base we do not mean the nominative, to whom we often take away the last vowel in order to obtain the base: